It's really pretty simple regardless of the business, in this case college football and college athletics.

Don't sign 10 year employment contracts and certainly don't make the contract 100% guaranteed.

Having both a long term and completely guaranteed just wasted $76 million in season ticket holder money.

How about a shorter term (say five years) and much less guaranteed money that includes performance incentives. SEC West Title, SEC title, Playoffs and national championship.

If a candidate doesn't agree to this type of contract move on to the next candidate.

Hopefully leadership has learned their lesson. Having the next highest buyout in history be one third of this buyout is really embarrassing.

That is a great idea. All of the coaches that no high school will hire will be banging at our doors.

It's not your money & your opinion doesn't matter

The admin will do what's necessary monetarily to land the coach they want

It Aint Easy Being Brown said:

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It's not your money & your opinion doesn't matter

The admin will do what's necessary monetarily to land the coach they want

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amazing how many people dont understand this.

the contract had zero bearing on our ability to make a change.

You offer a contract that addresses the coach's loss of value leaving his previous role. If you don't do that you can't get folks to move. Guaranteed monies mean "we will not interfere with you" and no good coach will come into a situation where BMAs interfere on a daily basis. And neither would you.

But we clearly made a mistake. Even the original contract had about $30 million left in it. If you shorten contract period and try to work off the previous contracted value, you get pressure to move the price up.

Keep in mind you're in competition with others for coaching talent. That's why the extension of three years with roughly a 27% increase in pay occurred, but the guarantee was what elevated the buyout from $30 million to $77 million.

BMX Bandit said:

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It Aint Easy Being Brown said:

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It's not your money & your opinion doesn't matter

The admin will do what's necessary monetarily to land the coach they want

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amazing how many people dont understand this.

the contract had zero bearing on our ability to make a change.

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I'm a little biased against throwing away $76 million in donor money, but that's just me I guess

It Aint Easy Being Brown said:

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It's not your money & your opinion doesn't matter

The admin will do what's necessary monetarily to land the coach they want

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and your opinion doesn't matter

greg.w.h said:

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You offer a contract that addresses the coach's loss of value leaving his previous role. If you don't do that you can't get folks to move. Guaranteed monies mean "we will not interfere with you" and no good coach will come into a situation where BMAs interfere on a daily basis. And neither would you.

But we clearly made a mistake. Even the original contract had about $30 million left in it. If you shorten contract period and try to work off the previous contracted value, you get pressure to move the price up.

Keep in mind you're in competition with others for coaching talent. That's why the extension of three years with roughly a 27% increase in pay occurred, but the guarantee was what elevated the buyout from $30 million to $77 million.

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how is performance incentive of winning championship interfering with the coaches work? none

I feel like I've read this thread 10 times since Sunday.

ClearlyJustSomeAg said:

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I feel like I've read this thread 10 times since Sunday.

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that wouldn't be possible given I just posted it 30 minutes ago

It Aint Easy Being Brown said:

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It's not your money & your opinion doesn't matter

The admin will do what's necessary monetarily to land the coach they want

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it actually is my money along with many others who have donated to the 12th man.

and donation requirements and ticket prices will go up because of this $76 million mistake

txaggieacct85 said:

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It Aint Easy Being Brown said:

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It's not your money & your opinion doesn't matter

The admin will do what's necessary monetarily to land the coach they want

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and your opinion doesn't matter

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Now you're getting it..... Very impressed by this progress you've made!!

It Aint Easy Being Brown said:

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txaggieacct85 said:

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It Aint Easy Being Brown said:

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It's not your money & your opinion doesn't matter

The admin will do what's necessary monetarily to land the coach they want

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and your opinion doesn't matter

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Now you're getting it..... Very impressed by this progress you've made!!

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missing agtag duly noted

txaggieacct85 said:

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It Aint Easy Being Brown said:

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txaggieacct85 said:

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It Aint Easy Being Brown said:

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It's not your money & your opinion doesn't matter

The admin will do what's necessary monetarily to land the coach they want

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and your opinion doesn't matter

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Now you're getting it..... Very impressed by this progress you've made!!

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missing agtag duly noted

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There it is!

The Texags equivalent of "I know you are but what am I"


Outstanding effort from you on this thread, Fine Sir!

BMX Bandit said:

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It Aint Easy Being Brown said:

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It's not your money & your opinion doesn't matter

The admin will do what's necessary monetarily to land the coach they want

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amazing how many people dont understand this.

the contract had zero bearing on our ability to make a change.

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I'm not sure you understand this. Perhaps you could explain it to the rest of us.

There are many ugly contracts out there right now, so that list will be changing over the next 10 years. Hell, Michigan State had to hire a professional ***** to keep their balls out of the same fire.